STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 37-38)

LONGMAN COMPLETE COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 37-38): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1	________ discussed by the board of directors when it was proposed again by the supervisors. A.                The problem had already B.                 The problem is already C.                The problem had already been D.                The problem has already
2	Much of the carnage of elephants, giraffes, and big cats________ uncaring hunters. A.               must commit by B.                 must be committed C.                 must have committed D.                must have been committed by
3	The x-rays treatments ________ up to the time that he was dismissed from the hospital. A.               gave daily B.                 were given daily C.                 basically have given D.                daily had been given
4	Particular issues (A) that concern (B) teenagers were (C) covering (D) in the half-hour program.
5	Electrical impulses (A) may (B) also picked (C) up by the optic (D) nerve.
6	Workers training (A) for a specific job have (B) a strong possibility of being (C) replace (D) by a machine.
7	On (A) June 30, 1992, international timekeepers in Paris were added (B) an extra second (C) to the day (D).
8	The report could not be (A) turned (B) in on time because al the needed (C) work lost(D).
9	In English these questions have be (A) formed (B), by changing (C) the word order of a statement, whereas in some languages the word order remains (D) the same.
10	He was not (A) able to define (B) the process by which (C) the body had protected (D) by the immunologic system.

ANSWER KEY

1	C
2	D
3	B
4	D	covered
5	C	be picked
6	D	replaced
7	B	added
8	D	was lost
9	A	have been
10	D	had been provided